Christmas Cake 7 Inch Round

Chop glace cherries and mix with all the dried fruit and nuts.

Christmas cake 7 inch round. Grease and line a 21 22 cm 8 9 round cake pan with baking paper parchment paper 7 cm 2 75 tall. Lightly grease and line a 18cm 7 inch round cake tin with greaseproof paper. Using an electric beater beat butter and sugar until smooth and creamy about 1 minute on speed 5. 8 oz 225 g 1 lb 450 g 1 lb 575 g 2 lb 900 g sultanas.

Take a peek at 3 hours but probably needs 3 hours. Towards the end of the baking time do the skewer test. A square cake will yield more portions than a round or heart shaped cake. For square cakes use the round quantities below and deduct 1 inch from the round cake chart or alternatively see the cake tin sizes chart above.

These timings are for a conventional oven and are meant to be a guide only. 6 inch round tin 1 hr at 160c. For a 6 inch 15 cm round or 5 inch 13 cm square cake for an 8 inch 20 cm round cake or a 7 in 18 cm square one for a 9 inch 23 cm round or 8 inch 20 cm square cake for an 11 inch 28 cm round or 10 inch 25 5 cm square cake. Make sure each cake has plenty of protection around the outside and the top is covered with a double layer of parchment not touching the cake mix.

1 x 6inch round cake and 2 x 4 inch round cakes. For the 5 inch round tin. Cake size shape and type. 3 oz 75 g 6 oz 175 g 8 oz.

Nigella gives a table of quantities for her traditional christmas cake in christmas p172 for 18cm 7 inch 23cm 9 inch and 25 5cm 10 inch round tins. If not bake longer testing again at 10 mins intervals. Unusual shapes octagonal or hexagonal cakes for example yield a similar number of portions as their square counterparts. Round square and heart shaped cakes each produce different numbers of portions.

Take a peek at 2 hours but probably needs 3 hours and for the 7 inch round tin 3 egg recipe. If you ve left it later than that don t panic your. This chart helps down and upscale cake recipe quantities and assumes that the recipe you are using is the most common size shape which is an 8 inch 20cm round cake and 3 inch 7 5cm deep. As 12 5cm 5 inch tins are a slightly unusual size it can be difficult to find an exact recipe.

Stir in cinnamon mixed spice nutmeg and ground almonds. Mary s christmas cake tips. If it comes out clean it s baked. Preheat the oven to 170 c gas 3.

Cooking times for small christmas cakes.